Friday, April 25, 2008
Een interessante Amerikaanse discussie over China
Kijk eerst naar een korte deel wat Henry Kissinger zegt over dalai lama.
Hier de volledig discussie van 1 uur
Monday, April 21, 2008
Bravo vrt nieuws en foei!
Afgelopen weekend zijn er tienduizenden Chinezen op straat gekomen tegen "het westen". Dat zowel in China, Europa en VS. VRT nieuws was één van de weinigen westerse nieuwszenders die deze protesten in hun nieuwsuitzending opnam. CNN, BBC, NOS en andere vonden de protesten met tienduizenden mensen niet nieuwswaardig, blijkbaar vonden ze paar honderden mensen die protesteerden in Nepal of India wel nieuwswaardig. De meeste westerse nieuwszenders hadden het wel opgenomen op hun website.
Foei!
VRT nieuws kost het niet laten om China toch maar zwart te maken, op 00:55 zegt vrt nieuws "wellicht is de protest mee opgezet door de overheid", volgens vrt nieuws heeft Beijing heel lange arm en is Beijing zo machtig om overal in China en buiten China protesten op te zetten tegen het westen. VRT nieuws mocht je nog niet weten, in 2007 zijn er meer dan 6000 protesten geweest in China. Allemaal opgezet door de Chinese overheid?
Hier de verslaggeving van vrt nieuws.
Een artikel om bij stil te staan over recente gebeurtenissen
by Floyd Rudmin
Global Research, April 18, 2008
We hear that Tibetans suffer “demographic aggression” and “cultural genocide”. But we do not hear those terms applied to Spanish and French policies toward the Basque minority. We do not hear those terms applied to the US annexation of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1898. And Diego Garcia? In 1973, not so long ago, the UK forcibly deported the entire native Chagossian population from the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. People were allowed one suitcase of clothing. Nothing else. Family pets were gassed, then cremated. Complete ethnic cleansing. Complete cultural destruction. Why? In order to build a big US air base. It has been used to bomb Afghanistan and Iraq, and soon maybe to bomb Iran and Pakistan. Diego Garcia, with nobody there but Brits and Americans, is also a perfect place for rendition, torture and other illegal actions.
Lees hier verder
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Waarom geloven we de Chinezen niet?
Leer hier zijn artikel
Chinezen willen internet censuur
Zie hier het onderzoek
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Free Nepal!
Zie hier een ABC interview met Stephen Hadley, hij zegt constant Nepal, eigenlijk bedoelde hij Tibet. Z'n fout verwacht je toch niet van z'n "intellectueel" iemand, paar uur ervoor in een andere interview op FOX zei hij wel Tibet.
Don’t be too CNN
Hier een Reuters reportage over het liedje "Don’t be too CNN"
Hier het liedje "Don’t be too CNN" van ene Mu Rong Xuan met Engelse ondertiteling
Hier een liedje met Britney Spears hit Baby One More Time als melodie
Hier een rap liedje van een Frans-Chinees
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
China werkt aan schoner lucht
Hier een reportage van NPR over hoe China werkt aan schoner lucht.
Hier nog een reportage van NPR over hoe China probeert om het vrijgekomen methaangas van de koolmijnen te gebruiken als schone energiebron. Lees hier verder
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Lulu Wang neemt het op voor China
Is zij ook gebrainwashed door de Chinese regering?
Laat mij trots zijn op het Westen.
Op 14 maart j.l. viel een groep Tibetaanse jongeren en monniken met stenen, messen en stokken Han-Chinezen en Moslim-Chinezen in Lhasa aan. Ze staken hun winkels, huizen en scholen in brand, waardoor een tiental mensen, inclusief een acht maanden oude baby, levend werd verbrand of op andere wijze omgebracht *).
De Chinese regering toonde zich zeer beheerst in het stoppen van de gewelddadigheden en weigerde vuurwapens te gebruiken, waardoor honderden politieagenten gewond raakten en van wie een met een dodelijk gevolg. Een aantal Westerse ooggetuigen heeft deze feiten vastgesteld en/of bevestigd.
Sommige Westerse media echter noemden dit een bloedig onderdrukken van het vreedzame Tibetaanse protest door het Chinese leger.
Beelden van Chinese verplegers die gewonde burgers op een ambulance (met koeienletters aangegeven als ambulance) hielpen, werden door sommige media gebruikt om te bewijzen dat het Chinese leger Tibetaanse demonstranten arresteerde. Lees hier verder
Mijn vriend, wat wil je van ons?
Maar eerst een video met teksten.
Wat willen we van de Chinezen?
What do you want from us?
When we were called "sick man of Asia”, we were called peril.
When we billed to be the next superpower, we're called the threat
When we closed our doors, you smuggled drugs to open markets.
when we embrace free trade, you blame us for taking away your jobs.
when we're falling apart, you marched in your troops and wanted your fair share.
when we're putting the broken pieces together, “Free Tibet” you screamed! “it was invasion.”
So we tried communism, you hated us for being communist.
So we embraced capitalism, you hate us for being capitalist,
Then we have a billion people, you said we're destroying the planet.
Then we limit our numbers, you said it was human rights abuses.
When we were poor, you think we're dogs,
When we loan you cash, you blamed us for your debts.
When we build our industries, you called us polluters.
When we sell you goods, you blamed us for global warming,
When we buy oil, you called that exploitation and genocide.
When we were lost in chaos and rampage, you wanted rule s of laws for us.
When we uphold law and order against violence, you called that violation of human rights.
When we were silent, you said you want us to have free speech.
When we were silent no more, you say we were brainwashed.
Why do you hate us so much? We asked. “No”. You answered, “we don't hate you”.
We don't hate you either Bud, do you understand us?? “of course we do”, you said, “We have CNN, BBC, and CBC”.
But why, we still feel, your western people are not happy with us.
What do you really want from us??
My friend, What do you really want from us??
Sunday, April 13, 2008
VRT nieuws weet niet wie de president van China is!
Volgens een nieuwsbericht van 11 april 2008 op vrt teletekst is Hu Jintao Chinese premier. (zie foto) Natuurlijk is Hu Jintao de premier van China niet, Wen Jiaobao is de premier, Hu Jintao is de president van China. Meer info over Hu Jintao vind je op Wikipedia. Zo zie je maar hoeveel vrt nieuws afweet van China. Ooo ja in de artikel zelf staat Hu Jintao weer vermeld als president, maar toch z'n fout mag je niet maken als een professionele redactie.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Amerikanen zijn kwaad op een kaart!
zij vind het vanzelfsprekend dat een deel van vroege Mexico tot VS behoord omdat ze de oorlog hebben gewonnen. Dus zo ook voor Tibet dan?Vraag aan vrt nieuws?
Is VS ook een bezetter van Texas, Califonia, etc...?
Meer lezen over deze kwestie, klik hier
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
VRT nieuws wilt jonge Vlamingen brainwashen!
VRT nieuws wilt jonge Vlamingen brainwashen via haar zender Karrewiet, dat Tibet een onafhankelijk land is (zie screenshot), wat belachelijk is. Tibet heeft eventjes (ongeveer 38 jaar) een eigen theocratie bestuur gehad met slavernij, maar Tibet was niet de enige, er waren nog andere Chinese provincies die zich onafhankelijk achtten. Dat kwam doordat de Chinese centraal regering van toen zwak was. We weten ook allemaal hoe de bevolking van Tibet heeft geleden onder de theocratiesbestuur. VRT nieuws vergeet blijkbaar dat Tibet al honderden jaren onder Chinese bestuur was.
Zelfs grote CNN erkent Tibet als een deel van China (zie screenshot), CNN heeft erkent dat ze fout zaten toen ze Tibet 2 keer als een land noemde. Maar vrt nieuws heeft constant over bezetting van Tibet, Tibet als een land, Tibetaan-Chinezen en Chinezen als 2 nationaliteiten (zie mijn vorige bericht). VRT nieuws maakt zichzelf enkel maar belachelijk, als een redactie door steeds zulke politieke propaganda te verkondigen.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Documentair over Dalai Lama
Origineel video van cctv-9
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Chinese muziek video over Tibet rellen
Origineel video van
http://nl.youtube.com/user/ouziparis
Deze video is te downloaden in hoog resolutie via
http://www.euwtv.com/vd/clients/ouzi.wmv
VRT nieuws verspreidt nog steeds misleidende en valse nieuws!
1.VRT nieuws beschouwd Tibetanen en Chinezen nog steeds als 2 nationaliteiten (zie screenshot), wat helemaal niet juist is.
Laten we 's kijken wat Van Dale woordenboek zegt.
Chinezen = staatsburger van China
Tibetanen = alle inwoners, personen afkomstig uit Tibet, sinds 1949 als autonome regio deel van de Volksrepubliek China
Dus Tibetanen zijn ook Chinezen of anders gezegd Tibetaan-Chinezen, blijkbaar weet vrt nieuws niet dat er in China 56 officiële etnische groepen bestaan.

2.Hier verspreid vrt nieuws puur leugen (zie screenshot), vrt nieuws beweerde volgende "de Chinese ambassadeur in Londen, die oorspronkelijk zou meelopen, heeft daarvan afgezien", wat helemaal een leugen is. Volgens alle andere nieuws over de doortocht van Olympische vlam, heeft de Chinese ambassadrice wel meegedaan aan de doortocht, er zijn zelfs beelden van BBC met de Chinese ambassadrice die met de vlam loopt (kijk hier de beelden) of zie hier naast de foto van BBC of volgens de blog van Tim Overdiek, een NOS correspondent in London,
hij beschreef zo
"de Chinese ambassadeur wilde dolgraag een stukje met de vlam door haar werkgebied hollen. Maar omdat de route exact bekend is en demonstranten zich keurig opstellen bij elke overdracht, werd dat een tikkeltje te link voor de ambassadeur. Dus trekt de vlam een extra rondje en kan ze alsnog haar eretocht afleggen." (lees hier de blog)
Oproep aan VRT nieuws!
Stop aub met jullie misleidende en valse verslaggevingen over China, dat schaadt enkel jullie geloofwaardigheid!Wij Vlamingen, jullie aandeelhouders hebben geen enkel belangen aan jullie misleidende en valse verslaggevingen, jullie worden door ons betaald om eerlijk en objectieve nieuws te brengen. Doen dan verdomme ook jullie werk, professioneel!
Ik heb deze oproep ook gemaild naar vrt nieuws (zie screenshot), het is àl mijn 3 de mail naar vrt nieuws, tot op heden (7/4/2008) heb ik geen enkel antwoord terug gekregen, blijkbaar zijn ze bij de vrt nieuws te laf om te antwoorden of vinden ze de mening van een bezorgde kijker (aka ook aandeelhouder) niet belangrijk.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Chinezen protesteren voor het BBC gebouw
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Zijn westerse media objectiever dan de Chinese?
27 maart 2008 (OPINIE) - Chinese bloggers en ook nogal wat Chinese studenten in het buitenland voelen zich geschoffeerd door de manier waarop hun land geportretteerd wordt in westerse media, nu de Tibet-issue terug is van eigenlijk nooit weggeweest. Zit er een grond van waarheid in wat ze zeggen, of zijn ze na al die jaren dermate gebrainwasht door officiële Chinese media dat ze zich onterecht onheus bejegend voelen ? Het is een vraag die makkelijker gesteld dan beantwoord wordt.
Lees het volledig artikel, hier
VS bezorgd over betere Taiwan-China relatie
Maar is VS dan niet voor wereldvrede?
Wilt VS misschien oorlog in Straat van Taiwan?
Voor het volledig Engelse artikel van Taipei Times, klik hier
Friday, April 4, 2008
Tibetanen maken bommen!
Voor het origineel ENgelse artikel van BBC, klik hier
Het verleden van Tibet
Origineel video werd uitgezonden op 4 april 2008
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Thursday, April 3, 2008
Chinese experts over westerse Tibet rellen verslaggevingen
Origineel video werd uitgezonden op 2 april 2008
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Heel interessante Nederlandstalig blog over China.
De blog heet Nieuwsbrief China, klik hier voor de blog
Monday, March 31, 2008
Dalai Lama, een instrument van CIA
Bevestigd door Ministerie van Buitenlandszaken van VS, klik hier voor de bewuste teksten.
Dalai Lama is een heilig man zoals meeste in Vlaanderen denken, maar na het lezen van deze artikel zal je waarschijnlijk van gedacht veranderen. Hij is gewoon een sluwe politicus die zijn positie misbruikt en niks heeft bereikt voor zijne "volgelingen". Zoals de meeste politicus is hij zo corrupt als wat, bijna alle hooggeplaatste functie in zijn "regering" zijn families. Waarschijnlijk is alleen zijn familie beter van geworden door zijne beweging.
Deze artikel is het Engels en het is geschreven door Michael Backman van Global Research
Origineel artikel, klik hier
Voor een ruwe Nederlands vertaling door Google Translate, klik hier
The Role of the CIA: Behind the Dalai Lama's Holy Cloak
Michael Backman
Global Reseearch
Monday, March 24, 2008
Global Research Editor's note
This incisive article by Michael Backman outlines the relationship of the Dalai Lama and his organization to US intelligence.
The Dalai Lama has been on the CIA payroll since the late 1950s. He is an instrument of US intelligence.
An understanding of this longstanding relationship to the CIA is essential, particuarly in the light of recent events. In all likelihood US intelligence was behind the protest movement, organized to occur a few months prior to the Beijing Olympic games.
M. C. 23 March 2008
Rarely do journalists challenge the Dalai Lama.
Partly it is because he is so charming and engaging. Most published accounts of him breeze on as airily as the subject, for whom a good giggle and a quaint parable are substitutes for hard answers. But this is the man who advocates greater autonomy for millions of people who are currently Chinese citizens, presumably with him as head of their government. So, why not hold him accountable as a political figure?
No mere spiritual leader, he was the head of Tibet's government when he went into exile in 1959. It was a state apparatus run by aristocratic, nepotistic monks that collected taxes, jailed and tortured dissenters and engaged in all the usual political intrigues. (The Dalai Lama's own father was almost certainly murdered in 1946, the consequence of a coup plot.)
The government set up in exile in India and, at least until the 1970s, received $US1.7 million a year from the CIA.The money was to pay for guerilla operations against the Chinese, notwithstanding the Dalai Lama's public stance in support of non-violence, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
The Dalai Lama himself was on the CIA's payroll from the late 1950s until 1974, reportedly receiving $US15,000 a month ($US180,000 a year).
The funds were paid to him personally, but he used all or most of them for Tibetan government-in-exile activities, principally to fund offices in New York and Geneva, and to lobby internationally.
Details of the government-in-exile's funding today are far from clear. Structurally, it comprises seven departments and several other special offices. There have also been charitable trusts, a publishing company, hotels in India and Nepal, and a handicrafts distribution company in the US and in Australia, all grouped under the government-in-exile's Department of Finance.
The government was involved in running 24 businesses in all, but decided in 2003 that it would withdraw from these because such commercial involvement was not appropriate.
Several years ago, I asked the Dalai Lama's Department of Finance for details of its budget. In response, it claimed then to have annual revenue of about $US22 million, which it spent on various health, education, religious and cultural programs.
The biggest item was for politically related expenditure, at $US7 million. The next biggest was administration, which ran to $US4.5 million. Almost $US2 million was allocated to running the government-in-exile's overseas offices.
For all that the government-in-exile claims to do, these sums seemed remarkably low.
It is not clear how donations enter its budgeting. These are likely to run to many millions annually, but the Dalai Lama's Department of Finance provided no explicit acknowledgment of them or of their sources.
Certainly, there are plenty of rumours among expatriate Tibetans of endemic corruption and misuse of monies collected in the name of the Dalai Lama.
Many donations are channelled through the New York-based Tibet Fund, set up in 1981 by Tibetan refugees and US citizens. It has grown into a multimillion-dollar organisation that disburses $US3 million each year to its various programs.
Part of its funding comes from the US State Department's Bureau for Refugee Programs.
Like many Asian politicians, the Dalai Lama has been remarkably nepotistic, appointing members of his family to many positions of prominence. In recent years, three of the six members of the Kashag, or cabinet, the highest executive branch of the Tibetan government-in-exile, have been close relatives of the Dalai Lama.
An older brother served as chairman of the Kashag and as the minister of security. He also headed the CIA-backed Tibetan contra movement in the 1960s.
A sister-in-law served as head of the government-in-exile's planning council and its Department of Health.
A younger sister served as health and education minister and her husband served as head of the government-in-exile's Department of Information and International Relations.
Their daughter was made a member of the Tibetan parliament in exile. A younger brother has served as a senior member of the private office of the Dalai Lama and his wife has served as education minister.
The second wife of a brother-in-law serves as the representative of the Tibetan government-in-exile for northern Europe and head of international relations for the government-in-exile. All these positions give the Dalai Lama's family access to millions of dollars collected on behalf of the government-in-exile.
The Dalai Lama might now be well-known but few really know much about him. For example, contrary to widespread belief, he is not a vegetarian. He eats meat. He has done so (he claims) on a doctor's advice following liver complications from hepatitis. I have checked with several doctors but none agrees that meat consumption is necessary or even desirable for a damaged liver.
What has the Dalai Lama actually achieved for Tibetans inside Tibet?
If his goal has been independence for Tibet or, more recently, greater autonomy, then he has been a miserable failure.
He has kept Tibet on the front pages around the world, but to what end? The main achievement seems to have been to become a celebrity. Possibly, had he stayed quiet, fewer Tibetans might have been tortured, killed and generally suppressed by China.
In any event, the current Dalai Lama is 72 years old. His successor — a reincarnation — will be appointed as a child and it will be many years before he plays a meaningful role. As far as China is concerned, that is one problem that will take care of itself, irrespective of whether or not John Howard or Kevin Rudd meet the current Dalai Lama.Sunday, March 30, 2008
Nederlandse pers berichten over de woede van de Chinezen
Hier 2 Nederlandse artikel
PZC.nl: Chinezen worstelen met media
AD.nl: Westerse media zijn als arsenicum: traag werkend gif
Vreedzame protesten tegen misleidende Duits Media
Niks gezien op vrt nieuws, waarom is dat?
Hier een video van hun
Nieuwe vreedzame pro-China protesten in Canada
Hier alvast een Candadeze artikel over de protesten.
Voor meer foto's over deze protesten, klik hier, het is een Chinese forum
Nog niemand idee om het ook in België of in Nederland te organiseren?
Foto van pro-China protesten in Calgary, Canada


Foto van pro-China protesten in Montreal, Canada


Foto van pro-China protesten in Vancover, Canada



Foto van pro-China protesten in Toronro, Canada
Amerikanen slaan Tibetanen protesten neer!
Overigens de Brusselse politie waren ook niet zo zachtaardig tegen de Tibetaanse protesters voor de Chinese ambassade. Enkele protesters werden zelfs gebeden door de politie honden.
Brussel voor Chinese ambassade
Pro-China protesten in Duitsland en Canada
Iemand idee om dat ook in Vlaanderen of Nederland te organiseren?
Hier een foto van pro-China protesten Toronto, Canada. Klik op foto voor grote formaat

Hier een foto van pro-China protesten in Duitsland. Klik op foto voor grote formaat.
Tibet rellen: Westerse media in Lhasa
Althans waren de journalisten 3 dagen in Lhasa, waarom hebben wij maar die paar minuutjes gezien?
Hier een reportage van cctv-9 over de buitenlands journalisten in Lhasa, uitgezonden 29 maart 2008
Levenstandaard van Tibetanen zijn sterk verbeterd
Hier een reportage van cctv-9, uitgezonden op 29 maart 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Nog meer getuigenissen van de slachtoffers van de 14/3 Tibet rellen
Wat de relschoppers hebben vernietigd is op geen enkel manier te rechtvaardigen.
Hier aantal video's van cctv-9
Een school werd platgebrand door de relschoppers, leerlingen getuigen. Zelfs toen de leraren de schoolpoorten sluiten, probeerde relschoppers in te breken.
Een 36 jaar oud restauranthouder getuigd hoe haar restaurant werd vernietigd en ze is misschien ook voor levenslang verlamd, haar restaurant was nog maar 2 weken open, haar is nu helemaal geruïneerd.
Een 19 jarige gewonde agent getuigt hoe ze verdedigden tegen de relschoppers.
Een hele familie werd levend verbrand in een winkel.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Dalai Lama en Hitler!
De website in het Engels, voor een ruwe Nederlands vertaling door Google Translate, klik hier
Chinezen hebben www.anti-cnn.com opgezet
www.anti-cnn.com
Wikipedia heeft ook een pagina over Tibet rellen met objectieven feiten
Engelse pagina over Tibet rellen
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
VRT nieuws, verdeeld over Tibet?
Waarschijnlijk wel, misschien de nieuwe generatie tegen de oude generatie?
Toen ik gisteren (24/03/2008) de laat avond journaal met “nieuwkomeling” Freek Braeckman keek, dacht ik, vrt nieuws erkent Tibet eigenlijk als een provincie van China
Maar toen ik ook de journaal van 7 uur met “ouwerots” Martine Tanghe keek, had Martin Tanghe weeral over "overheersing" en "bezetting".
Martine spreken we vanaf nu ook over Brits overheersing/bezetting van Noord Ierland of Eurpese overheersing/bezetting van Australië? Heb ik je dat al horen zeggen? Voor een “ouwerots” in de vak, waar is jouwe objectiviteit? Tijd voor pensioen? Aangezien je nog maar 52 jaar jong zijt, misschien brugpensioen?
Hier de video:
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Washington mogelijk betrokken bij recente Tibet rellen?
Dit is artikel is van Richard M Bennett,
inlichtingen en veiligheid analist van AFI research.
Deze artikel is in het Engels,
een ruwe Nederlandse vertaling door Google Translate, klik hier
Tibet, the 'great game' and the CIA
By Richard M Bennett
Given the historical context of the unrest in Tibet, there is reason to believe Beijing was caught on the hop with the recent demonstrations for the simple reason that their planning took place outside of Tibet and that the direction of the protesters is similarly in the hands of anti-Chinese organizers safely out of reach in Nepal and northern India.
Similarly, the funding and overall control of the unrest has also been linked to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, and by inference to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) because of his close cooperation with US intelligence for over 50 years.
Indeed, with the CIA's deep involvement with the Free Tibet Movement and its funding of the suspiciously well-informed Radio Free Asia, it would seem somewhat unlikely that any revolt could
have been planned or occurred without the prior knowledge, and even perhaps the agreement, of the National Clandestine Service (formerly known as the Directorate of Operations) at CIA headquarters in Langley.
Respected columnist and former senior Indian Intelligence officer, B Raman, commented on March 21 that "on the basis of available evidence, it was possible to assess with a reasonable measure of conviction" that the initial uprising in Lhasa on March 14 "had been pre-planned and well orchestrated".
Could there be a factual basis to the suggestion that the main beneficiaries to the death and destruction sweeping Tibet are in Washington? History would suggest that this is a distinct possibility.
The CIA conducted a large scale covert action campaign against the communist Chinese in Tibet starting in 1956. This led to a disastrous bloody uprising in 1959, leaving tens of thousands of Tibetans dead, while the Dalai Lama and about 100,000 followers were forced to flee across the treacherous Himalayan passes to India and Nepal.
The CIA established a secret military training camp for the Dalai Lama's resistance fighters at Camp Hale near Leadville, Colorado, in the US. The Tibetan guerrillas were trained and equipped by the CIA for guerrilla warfare and sabotage operations against the communist Chinese.
The US-trained guerrillas regularly carried out raids into Tibet, on occasions led by CIA-contract mercenaries and supported by CIA planes. The initial training program ended in December 1961, though the camp in Colorado appears to have remained open until at least 1966.
The CIA Tibetan Task Force created by Roger E McCarthy, alongside the Tibetan guerrilla army, continued the operation codenamed "St Circus" to harass the Chinese occupation forces for another 15 years until 1974, when officially sanctioned involvement ceased.
McCarthy, who also served as head of the Tibet Task Force at the height of its activities from 1959 until 1961, later went on to run similar operations in Vietnam and Laos.
By the mid-1960s, the CIA had switched its strategy from parachuting guerrilla fighters and intelligence agents into Tibet to establishing the Chusi Gangdruk, a guerrilla army of some 2,000 ethnic Khamba fighters at bases such as Mustang in Nepal.
This base was only closed down in 1974 by the Nepalese government after being put under tremendous pressure by Beijing.
After the Indo-China War of 1962, the CIA developed a close relationship with the Indian intelligence services in both training and supplying agents in Tibet.
Kenneth Conboy and James Morrison in their book The CIA's Secret War in Tibet disclose that the CIA and the Indian intelligence services cooperated in the training and equipping of Tibetan agents and special forces troops and in forming joint aerial and intelligence units such as the Aviation Research Center and Special Center.
This collaboration continued well into the 1970s and some of the programs that it sponsored, especially the special forces unit of Tibetan refugees which would become an important part of the Indian Special Frontier Force, continue into the present.
Only the deterioration in relations with India which coincided with improvements in those with Beijing brought most of the joint CIA-Indian operations to an end.
Though Washington had been scaling back support for the Tibetan guerrillas since 1968, it is thought that the end of official US backing for the resistance only came during meetings between president Richard Nixon and the Chinese communist leadership in Beijing in February 1972.
Victor Marchetti, a former CIA officer has described the outrage many field agents felt when Washington finally pulled the plug, adding that a number even "[turned] for solace to the Tibetan prayers which they had learned during their years with the Dalai Lama".
The former CIA Tibetan Task Force chief from 1958 to 1965, John Kenneth Knaus, has been quoted as saying, "This was not some CIA black-bag operation." He added, "The initiative was coming from ... the entire US government."
In his book Orphans of the Cold War, Knaus writes of the obligation Americans feel toward the cause of Tibetan independence from China. Significantly, he adds that its realization "would validate the more worthy motives of we who tried to help them achieve this goal over 40 years ago. It would also alleviate the guilt some of us feel over our participation in these efforts, which cost others their lives, but which were the prime adventure of our own."
Despite the lack of official support it is still widely rumored that the CIA were involved, if only by proxy, in another failed revolt in October 1987, the unrest that followed and the consequent Chinese repression continuing till May 1993.
The timing for another serious attempt to destabilize Chinese rule in Tibet would appear to be right for the CIA and Langley will undoubtedly keep all its options open.
China is faced with significant problems, with the Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province; the activities of the Falun Gong among many other dissident groups and of course growing concern over the security of the Summer Olympic Games in August.
China is viewed by Washington as a major threat, both economic and military, not just in Asia, but in Africa and Latin America as well.
The CIA also views China as being "unhelpful" in the "war on terror", with little or no cooperation being offered and nothing positive being done to stop the flow of arms and men from Muslim areas of western China to support Islamic extremist movements in Afghanistan and Central Asian states.
To many in Washington, this may seem the ideal opportunity to knock the Beijing government off balance as Tibet is still seen as China's potential weak spot.
The CIA will undoubtedly ensure that its fingerprints are not discovered all over this growing revolt. Cut-outs and proxies will be used among the Tibetan exiles in Nepal and India's northern border areas.
Indeed, the CIA can expect a significant level of support from a number of security organizations in both India and Nepal and will have no trouble in providing the resistance movement with advice, money and above all, publicity.
However, not until the unrest shows any genuine signs of becoming an open revolt by the great mass of ethnic Tibetans against the Han Chinese and Hui Muslims will any weapons be allowed to appear.
Large quantities of former Eastern bloc small arms and explosives have been reportedly smuggled into Tibet over the past 30 years, but these are likely to remain safely hidden until the right opportunity presents itself.
The weapons have been acquired on the world markets or from stocks captured by US or Israeli forces. They have been sanitized and are deniable, untraceable back to the CIA.
Weapons of this nature also have the advantage of being interchangeable with those used by the Chinese armed forces and of course use the same ammunition, easing the problem of resupply during any future conflict.
Though official support for the Tibetan resistance ended 30 years ago, the CIA has kept open its lines of communications and still funds much of the Tibetan Freedom movement.
So is the CIA once again playing the "great game" in Tibet?
It certainly has the capability, with a significant intelligence and paramilitary presence in the region. Major bases exist in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and several Central Asian states.
It cannot be doubted that it has an interest in undermining China, as well as the more obvious target of Iran.
So the probable answer is yes, and indeed it would be rather surprising if the CIA was not taking more than just a passing interest in Tibet. That is after all what it is paid to do.
Since September 11, 2001, there has been a sea-change in US Intelligence attitudes, requirements and capabilities. Old operational plans have been dusted off and updated. Previous assets re-activated. Tibet and the perceived weakness of China's position there will probably have been fully reassessed.
For Washington and the CIA, this may seem a heaven-sent opportunity to create a significant lever against Beijing, with little risk to American interests; simply a win-win situation.
The Chinese government would be on the receiving end of worldwide condemnation for its continuing repression and violation of human rights and it will be young Tibetans dying on the streets of Lhasa rather than yet more uniformed American kids.
The consequences of any open revolt against Beijing, however, are that once again the fear of arrest, torture and even execution will pervade every corner of both Tibet and those neighboring provinces where large Tibetan populations exist, such as Gansu, Qinghai and Sichuan.
And the Tibetan Freedom movement still has little likelihood of achieving any significant improvement in central Chinese policy in the long run and no chance whatever of removing its control of Lhasa and their homeland.
Once again it would appear that the Tibetan people will find themselves trapped between an oppressive Beijing and a manipulative Washington.
Beijing sends in the heavies
The fear that the United States, Britain and other Western states may try to portray Tibet as another Kosovo may be part of the reason why the Chinese authorities reacted as if faced with a genuine mass revolt rather than their official portrayal of a short-lived outbreak of unrest by malcontents supporting the Dalai Lama.
Indeed, so seriously did Beijing view the situation that a special security coordination unit, the 110 Command Center, has been established in Lhasa with the primary objective of suppressing the disturbances and restoring full central government control.
The center appears to be under the direct control of Zhang Qingli, first secretary of the Tibet Party and a President Hu Jintao loyalist. Zhang is also the former Xinjiang deputy party secretary with considerable experience in counter-terrorism operations in that region.
Others holding important positions in Lhasa are Zhang Xinfeng, vice minister of the Central Public Security Ministry and Zhen Yi, deputy commander of the People's Armed Police Headquarters in Beijing.
The seriousness with which Beijing is treating the present unrest is further illustrated by the deployment of a large number of important army units from the Chengdu Military Region, including brigades from the 149th Mechanized Infantry Division, which acts as the region's rapid reaction force.
According to a United Press International report, elite ground force units of the People's Liberation Army were involved in Lhasa, and the new T-90 armored personnel carrier and T-92 wheeled armored vehicles were deployed. According to the report, China has denied the participation of the army in the crackdown, saying it was carried out by units of the armed police. "Such equipment as mentioned above has never been deployed by China's armed police, however."
Air support is provided by the 2nd Army Aviation Regiment, based at Fenghuangshan, Chengdu, in Sichuan province. It operates a mix of helicopters and STOL transports from a frontline base near Lhasa. Combat air support could be quickly made available from fighter ground attack squadrons based within the Chengdu region.
The Xizang Military District forms the Tibet garrison, which has two mountain infantry units; the 52nd Brigade based at Linzhi and the 53rd Brigade at Yaoxian Shannxi. These are supported by the 8th Motorized Infantry Division and an artillery brigade at Shawan, Xinjiang.
Tibet is also no longer quite as remote or difficult to resupply for the Chinese army. The construction of the first railway between 2001 and 2007 has significantly eased the problems of the movement of large numbers of troops and equipment from Qinghai onto the rugged Tibetan plateau.
Other precautions against a resumption of the long-term Tibetan revolts of previous years has led to a considerable degree of self-sufficiency in logistics and vehicle repair by the Tibetan garrison and an increasing number of small airfields have been built to allow rapid-reaction units to gain access to even the most remote areas.
The Chinese Security Ministry and intelligence services had been thought to have a suffocating presence in the province and indeed the ability to detect any serious protest movement and suppress resistance.
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CNN verdedigd zich over de geknipte foto
Volgens CNN was
"technisch niet mogelijk om de brandende wagen aan het links en de relschoppers aan het rechts op 1 foto te krijgen"
Wat een flauwe excuus!
De vraag is dan is de brandende terreinwagen belangrijker van de steen gooiende relschoppers?
Er zijn ook andere oplossing zoals de foto in 2 keer tonen, of de foto meer verkleinen, etc...
Tevens zegt CNN over de commentaar bij onder de foto,
ja wat zegt meer, de foto of de kleine tekst?
CNN weet dat heel goed dat de foto veel meer zegt dan die kleine zinnetje.
Hier nog 's de beide foto'sPervrijheid?
Bij het begin van de video heeft CNN over de persvrijheid,
om hun uitleg over de foto beetje te verdoezelen.
Als het over de persvrijheid gaat, moeten de Amerikanen ' s in hun eigen boezem kijken.
Zijn als de grote voorbeeld van democratie en "persvrijheid"
Waarom was er geen persvrijheid tijdens de laatste Irak Oorlog,
de journalisten werden zelfs neergeschoten om ze af te schrikken.
Mochten we misschien niet zien hoe de Irakezen werden afgeslacht door de Amerikanen?
Bravo Amerikanen met jullie persvrijheid!
Waarom mag er geen "buitenlandse" journalisten in Tibet.
Nationale veiligheid!
Meer rellen voorkomen, meer sociaal onrust voorkomen
door andere Tibetanen-Chinezen in rest van de China niet op te hitsen.
Men vergeet toch altijd, China heeft 1,3 miljard bevolkingen en 56 etnische groepen.
En het is een ontwikkelingsland.
Het is heel gemakkelijk om de rellen zo in beeld te brengen om bepaalde etnische groep te provoceren.
Heeft Tibetanen-Chinezen belang bij om de Han-Chinezen op te hitsen?
Of we nu willen of niet, "persvrijheid" is relatief begrip!
Mag de pers in militair basis Kleine Brogel, op aanwezigheid van kernbommen controleren?
Neen, wegens nationale veiligheid!
Ik denk dat we aan de Chinezen moeten overlaten, van wat hun definitie van persvrijheid is.
Het is toch een soevereine staat?
Ze doen toch hun best om opener te zijn.
Trouwens ze hebben beloofd om binnenkort een pers trip naar Tibet te organiseren.





















